Jos 5:9a,10-12; Ps 34; 2Cor 5:17-21; Lk 15:1-3,11-32 COMMENTARY The Return to the Joy of the Father “The Fourth Sunday of Lent is suffused with light, a light reflected on this ‘Laetare Sunday’ [‘Rejoice!’] by vestments [...]

Ex 3:1-8a,13-15; Ps 103; 1Cor 10:1-6,10-12; Lk 13:1-9 COMMENTARY Called to ConversionOn this Sunday we are approaching the middle of Lent and therefore also the center of the whole Lenten [...]

Gn 15:5-12,17-18; Ps 27; Phil 3:17-4:1; Lk 9:28b-36 COMMENTARY Transfigured on the Way“The Gospel on the second Sunday of Lent is always the account of the Transfiguration” says theHomiletic Directory (no. 64) which further explains authoritatively: “The Transfiguration holds an [...]

Dt 26:4-10; Ps 91; Rom 10:8-13; Lk 4:1-13 COMMENTARY Toward a Missionary Christian Conversion Time flies and we arrive at a new Lent of our life. It is always the “venerable and sacred time,” as the Church reminds us [...]

Sir 27:4-7; Ps 92; 1Cor 15:54-58; Lk 6:39-45 COMMENTARY The Wisdom of HeartJesus’ teaching in today’s Gospel follows that of last Sunday, and we are always within his “Discourse on [...]

1Sm 26:2,7-9,12-13,22-23; Ps 103; 1Cor 15:45-49; Lk 6:27-38 COMMENTARY Concrete love and mercyThis Sunday’s Gospel is the continuation of Jesus’ “Discourse on the Plain” which began with the Beatitudes we [...]

Jer 17:5-8; Ps 1; 1Cor 15:12,16-20; Lk 6:17,20-26 COMMENTARY The People blessed and loved by the LordContinuing our missionary journey with the Word of God on the Sundays of Ordinary [...]

Is 6:1-2a, 3-8; Ps 138; 1Cor 15:1-11; Lk 5:1-11 COMMENTARY «At Thy Word»This Sunday’s Gospel narrates the call of Simon Peter and of Jesus’ first disciples according to St Luke’s [...]

Ml 3:1-4; Ps 23; Heb 2:14-18; Lk 2:22-40 COMMENTARY The Mission of the Divine Child – Light and Hope of the Gentiles and His PeopleThe liturgical feast of the Presentation of the [...]

Is 62:1-5; Ps 96; 1Cor 12:4-11; Jn 2:1-11 COMMENTARY The second Sunday in Ordinary Time continues the theme of the Lord’s manifestation, celebrated with the Epiphany and the Feast of the Baptism of [...]